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Varieties Developed for Onion at IARI

Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI) has made significant contributions in the development of improved cultivars and their relevant production, protection and processing technologies mandated crops like onion.

Pusa Riddhi:
Yield: 31.66 t/ha.
Single bulb weight ranges from 70.0 – 100.0 g., pungent and rich in antioxidant (quercetin 107.42 mg/100g). Suitable for kharif and rabi crop, storage, and export. Average yield recorded in different AINRPO&G centre is 31.66 t/ha. The variety gave average 28.60% increase over check (28.53 t/ha).